Lockheed Martin has announced an expansion to support the United States’ “Arsenal of Freedom,” accelerating domestic military manufacturing through advanced private sector partnerships. The “Arsenal of Freedom” initiative, launched by the U.S. Department of War under Secretary Pete Hegseth, references President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s historic “Arsenal of Democracy.” The War Department is “striving to…produce at scale the systems, munitions and …
Lockheed Martin will invest $8-9 billion by 2030 to modernize more than 20 US facilities and rapidly ramp up munitions production, the company said in a statement.